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Mini UKOPS, Review of Day TWO
Tikay10
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A very good Friday morning to you all.
Yesterday was another day of drama in sport, some good, some bad, some tragic.
The Arsenal thumped 4 past those nasty Russians, UFC bloke Conor McGregor went over the top with a publicity stunt & got himself arrested by the NYPD, Sergio Garcia, reigning Masters champion, somehow plonked 5 balls in the water at one hole in running up a 13, all of which paled into insignificance when news came though that Eric Bristow had died.
Bristow transformed Darts into a serious money making machine for promoters, players & bookmaking industry. It's a game which, to my mind, has now been ruined by alcohol & unruly crowds, & I've completely ceased to watch, but none of that is Eric's doing.
He was just 60 years old, & was at the Premier League Darts doing hospitality, when he suffered a heart attack & dropped down dead. In fact, it's a wonderful way to die I suppose. Still very sad.
RIP Eric.
If we can learn anything from Eric's early passing, it's quit those cigarettes. Now.
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So, to the matter in hand, Day 2 of Mini UKOPS.
The numbers on Day 1 were not great, and maybe the Liverpool Man City game did not help, but Day 2 numbers were much better.
OK, let's get on with it & take a light-hearted look at Mini UKOPS Day 2, & see who got the cake.
Just 185 turned up for this, so a bit of added value was on the table.Mini UKOPS 05, 6.30pm Thursday, £2.20 entry £500 Guaranteed Bounty Hunter
If you have been paying attention, you'll recall that on Day 1, the opening event ended heads up between @Boxster and @Patrigo1. A day later, and in an 185 runner field, the same 2 players finished 184th & 183rd. Gotta love the way poker cuts us down to size.
Departing in 33rd & 32nd positions, doubtless holding hands, were @RogueCell and @Dollie, with @HOLLYWHIT in 25th.
The very good @brinna12 was 19th, the very bad @hhyftrftdr was 15th, @neenio 14th, & another Mini UKOPS cash for @Ludovician in 8th.
Talking of @ lotsofconsonants aka @hhyftrftdr I saw this yesterday & thought he'd appreciate it. Good, eh?
6th was @Willow128, then @scousestar, with shiny spinning star man @nagrom 4th.
Hurrrah for @boo1966 in 3rd, with @CJLyth57 a fine runner-up.
An oddity about the winner, @benmarksoh, is that until yesterday he had not played an MTT on Sky Poker for over 14 months, but then he suddenly popped up & won a Mini UKOPS. Welcome back @benmarksoh
Mini UKOPS 06, 7.30pm Thursday, £5.50 entry £1,500 Guaranteed Bounty Hunter
A good turnout for this, 305 all told, though in 303rd I guess @DONATE2ME rather wished he'd chosen a different alias.@MADPATDOTC must have done well as despite exiting 293rd of 305, managed to take a bounty.
@benmarksoh who was on his way to winning the opener departed 38th this time, with @conorshay managing 31st despite connection problems and @GREGHOGG 29th, 2 spots behind @day4eire76.
22nd was @lyonsbob06 and @The_eggs scrambled into 18th.
In 6th was the very profitable @johnny_e, with @DANIELJW 5th and @Telmison74 having an overdue change of fortune in 4th, ditto @MITCH38 in 3rd.
Heads up it was @LARSON7 v @TamL, with the latter eventually prevailing and collecting the fat end of £300.
Mini UKOPS 07, 8.30pm Thursday, £11.00 entry £2,500 Guaranteed Freezeout
The only non Bounty Hunter of the evening and it got across the Guarantee line with a few to spare as befits the evening's Mini UKOPS Main.Unusually early exits from @TheDart, @Duesenberg and @mkgunner.
Min cashes for @loololollo, @edrich and @lyonsbob06, not far behind @LmfaoAllin in 26th & @memfno in 23rd.
@Boxster cruised into 18th, driving this presumably - this is his actual car, as he waited to board the Ferry to Spain. MBN, WAL etc.
@68Trebor ran 14th, with @cpfc_2010 11th.
I received a lovely PM overnight from @MStott (will reply later, Mark), & he finished a fine 10th, just behind @thisltedu 9th and the consistent @AKAscotty who final table bubbled.
In 6th was @MrDirk, then @Gloves and @evansp.
On the foot of the podium was @rabdeniro, with the abrasively aliased @ARROGANT runner-up, though I'm sure he is all sweetness and light really.
Don't think too many would argue* that the winner, @nagrom, can lay reasonable claim to be the best player in the tourney. **
* Oh yes they would
** May not be true.
Mini UKOPS 08, 9.30pm Thursday, £3.30 entry £1,500 Guaranteed Turbo Rebuy Bounty Hunter
A £3.30 Turbo Rebuy Bounty Hunter? You gotta be kidding me. Carnage guaranteed, and Mini UKOPS 01 winner @Patrigo1 was having a bad night, exiting almost before it begun in 254th.38th was @FATJIM, not to be confused with @FatEssexPhil, and @engy was 27th.
Another little cash for @AKAscotty just behind @Arrogant with @GREGSTER 17th, and the ever consistent @Tsaaaar 14th.
Good final for this one, with @MCCAFF first to depart the scene, followed by the uber-talented @ozzieowen in 5th.
4th was @JGIBBRFC, anyone know what those initials stand for? Could be a Rugby Club I suppose, but not one I can locate via our friend Dr Google.
3rd place went to super hotshoe @heddoh18, and it was a great effort by @Glenelg in the runner-up berth.
I don't know a deal about the winner except that he's been here for 7 years or more, so congrats go to @tinytellah.
So that was Day 2.
What's the recipe today?
Mini UKOPS 09 | £500 Bounty Hunter 6:30pm £2.20 £500 10 3,000
Mini UKOPS 10 | £1,500 Mega Stack 7:30pm £5.50 £1,500 10 10,000
Mini UKOPS 11 | £5,000 Rebuy Bounty Hunter 8:30pm £5.50 £5,000 10 2,000
Mini UKOPS 12 | £1,500 Turbo Rebuy Bounty Hunter 9:30pm £3.30 £1,500 7 2,000
Right, I'm done.
If you found that a tough read, I'm not surprised, as it was a tough write, as I don't know too many of those players, but never mind, we gave it a bash.
Good luck tonight.
Oh, I nearly forgot;
Thanks again for your time and efforts.
Thank you @MynaFrett
Arte you an Everton supporter?
Will you be at the big game tomorrow then? Should be quite a game, and you might just catch Liverpool on the rebound after they thrashed City in the week, and have one eye on Tuesday's 2nd leg.
I hate the derby, especially when we will probably get beat by a second rate reserve team.
Oh yeah, mini UKOPS review.
Passable.